Ichirō Nakatani (Japanese: 中谷 一郎, Hepburn: Nakatani Ichirō) was a Japanese actor. He attended Waseda University but withdrew before completing his degree and joining the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1959, Nakatani won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Nakatani was well known for his role as Ninja Kazaguruma no Yahichi in the jidaigeki drama Mito Kōmon.
Known For
Yojimbo
(1961)
First Samurai
Harakiri
(1962)
Hayato Yazaki
The Sword of Doom
(1966)
Bunnojo Utsuki
Kwaidan
(1965)
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Rodan
(1956)
Senkichi
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Shogun's Samurai
(1978)
Gyobu Amano
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
(1972)
Yagyu Samurai
Sandakan No. 8
(1974)
Yamamoto
Inn of Evil
(1971)
Officer Okajima (uncredited)
Sleepy Eyes Of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
(1969)
Tenchu!
(1969)
Full Filmography
Acting
Rodan
(1956)
Senkichi
Rebels on the High Sea
(1956)
The Forest Is Alive
(1956)
Desperado Outpost
(1959)
Squad Leader
Westward Desperado
(1960)
The War Without Weapons
(1960)
The Blue Beast
(1960)
The Dangerous Kiss
(1960)
The Last Gunfight
(1960)
Deputy Mochizuki
Life of a Country Doctor
(1960)
Yojimbo
(1961)
First Samurai
The Merciless Trap
(1961)
Big Shots Die at Dawn
(1961)
Blueprint of Murder
(1961)
Shizuo Komatsu
Obon, The Moll Dipper
(1961)
A Man in Red
(1961)
The Witness Killed
(1961)
Kamiya
Harakiri
(1962)
Hayato Yazaki
Operation Enemy Fort
(1962)
The Weed of Crime
(1962)
Chibusa o daku musume tachi
(1962)
Operation Sewer Rats
(1962)
Sgt. Miyoshi
Josei jishin
(1962)
Chihō kisha
(1962)
Young Swordsman
(1963)
Shimamura Kazuma
Warring Clans
(1963)
Harunezuni
Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
(1963)
Yakuro Teranishi
The Fight of the Gamblers
(1963)
The Dragon Crest
(1963)
Oh, Bomb!
(1964)
Yasaburo Yatou
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
(1964)
Shingo's Final Duel
(1964)
Black Strait
(1964)
Tetsuji Onuki
Kwaidan
(1965)
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
The Spy
(1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
(1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
(1965)
Yoshiyama
The Betrayal
(1966)
Jurota Makabe
The Sword of Doom
(1966)
Bunnojo Utsuki
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
(1966)
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
(1966)
Rub Out the Past
(1966)
Kosuke Tatsumi
The Front Line Showdown
(1966)
Dianas of the Campus
(1966)
Fearless Comrades
(1966)
Samurai Wolf II
(1967)
Ikkaku
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
(1967)
Nankai
A Killer's Key
(1967)
Ishino
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
The Human Bullet
(1968)
The Daring Nun
(1968)
Goro Isaoka
The Saga of Tanegashima
(1968)
Sakuji
Outlaw: Black Dagger
(1968)
Kensuke Miura
Admiral Yamamoto
(1968)
(uncredited)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
(1969)
Moribe Tani
The Fort of Death
(1969)
Mondo Shibaike
Sleepy Eyes Of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
(1969)
Blood End
(1969)
Chôgorô
Tenchu!
(1969)
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
(1969)
Samurai Banners
(1969)
Kanto Woman Fortitude
(1969)
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
(1970)
Banner of the Young
(1970)
The Militarists
(1970)
Sano
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
(1970)
Daisaku Komoto
The Rokumeikan
(1970)
Inn of Evil
(1971)
Officer Okajima (uncredited)
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
(1971)
Mari's poor husband
The Battle of Okinawa
(1971)
Chief of Staff Ueno
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
(1971)
The Gift of the Fox
(1971)
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
(1971)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
(1972)
Yagyu Samurai
Long Journey into Love
(1973)
The Homeless
(1974)
Tappei
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
(1974)
Nanba
My Blood is the Blood of Others
(1974)
Sandakan No. 8
(1974)
Yamamoto
Battle Cry
(1975)
Narrator
Solar Eclipse
(1975)
Shimane Prison Riot
(1975)
The Fossil
(1975)
Taisuke (Itskuki's brother)
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
(1976)
Dietman Miura
Human Revolution II
(1976)
Hokuriku Proxy War
(1977)
Sugata Sanshiro
(1977)
Saburo Monma
Blood Type: Blue
(1978)
Shogun's Samurai
(1978)
Gyobu Amano
Lord Mito
(1978)
Kazaguruma no Yashichi
Dynamite Don-Don
(1978)
Yuichi
The Fixer
(1979)
The Last Game
(1979)
The Imperial Navy
(1981)
Willful Murder
(1981)
Toyama
Dojo Breaker
(1982)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
(1982)
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
(1983)
Jiro's Story
(1987)
東医師
Rainbow Kids
(1991)
Wakayama TV 'Shacho'